Vocabulary
People
Social Class
Egypt or Sumer
Civilization
100

Language of the early Egyptians made with pictographs and symbols. 

What is hieroglyphics? 

100
Babylonian ruler who developed a code of law based on the principal of eye for an eye.
Who was Hammurabi?
100
People entered this bottom class as a result of debt or being a prisoner of war.
What is slavery?
100
Pharaoh
What is Egypt?
100
near a flooding river
What is where early civilization began?
200
Belief in many gods and goddesses
What is polytheism?
200
Egyptian pharaoh unified Upper and Lower Egypt.
Who is Narmer?
200
Top of the social pyramid in ancient times.
Who is a king?
200
Wheel
What is Sumer?
200
the growing of crops for human use
What is agriculture?
300
fine, fertile soil carried by a river and deposited when the river floods.
What is silt?
300
Female pharaoh of ancient Egypt who organized a trade expedition to Punt.
Who is Hatshepsut?
300
The majority of people in ancient Egypt belonged to this group.
Who are farmers?
300
Polytheism
What is both Egypt and Sumer?
300

A form of government ruled by a single ruler - usually a king or queen. 

What is monarchy?

400
family of rulers
What is dynasty?
400
Egyptian pharaoh who was a great military leader and had a temple built at Abu Simbel.
Who is Ramses?
400

Members of this upper class were wealthy and often worked for the king.

Who are nobles?

400
City-state
What is Sumer?
400
Extra supply
What is surplus?
500
a system of canals to bring water to crops.
What is irrigation?
500
Legendary king of Uruk who was part man and part god that went on a search for eternal life.
Who is Gilgamesh?
500
A group of people living in similar economic conditions.
What is social class?
500
Monarchy
What is Egypt and Sumer?
500
A complex society that has cities, a well organized government, job specialization, religious beliefs, public works, a system of writing, art & architecture and social classes
What is civilization?
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